funzen
German, verb/ˈfʊntsən/
funzen is spelled F-U-N-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funzen is a German verb meaning “to function, to work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “funktionieren”.
What does funzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialslangto function, to work
Also bei mir funzt das einwandfrei.
verb
- 1
obsoleteto light up (an area)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. funktionieren
noun: 1. kleines, schwaches Licht 2. eingebildete, hochmütige, unangenehme, aber oft dumme, geistlose weibliche Person
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of funzen
- funzt present singular third-person
- funzte past
- gefunzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- funzend participle present
- funze first-person indicative present
- funzest second-person singular subjunctive
- funzet plural second-person subjunctive
- funzten first-person indicative plural
- funztest indicative preterite second-person
- funztet indicative plural preterite
- funz imperative second-person singular
- habe gefunzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gefunzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- funze! imperative singular
- funzt! imperative plural
- gefunzt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu funzen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce funzen?
- /ˈfʊntsən/
- [ˈfʊnt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is funzen in German?
funzen appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).